Teacher Amalia Flees Russia After War and Hardships
Amalia, 22, from Krasnatar in Kuban, earned 55 roubles monthly as a primary school teacher and boosted pay by 40 roubles teaching factory workers. Facing shortages, she left a stable life after witnessing Bolshevik policies and fraud, joining a group to flee via train to Persia, paying 200 pounds to a smuggler for crossing frontier and safety.
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Amalia
Krasnatar
Kuban
Rosita Forbes
London
Appreciation of Cairns From a returning visitor
A letter to the Cairns Post from E Forrester Jones praises Cairns and Queensland after a long absence. He commends local optimism, the paper The Post, and the state’s recovery from political and economic downturns, urging continued progress and resilience. He notes his wife’s fondness for Sydney news and wishes for ongoing prosperity.
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Cairns Post
Ted Theodore
Queensland
New Somh Wales
Sydney
Hades
Heaven
Cairns
Post
Brisbane
E. Forrester Jones
Wise
Brain workers need little extra food says nutrition study
Dr Francis G Benedict and colleagues at the Carnegie Institution in Boston measured respiration and heat in subjects after an overnight fast performing mental arithmetic. Results show only 4 percent more heat per hour, with a soda biscuit or half a pint of peas providing the difference. The finding urges moderate eating for those doing no physical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. Benedict
Nutrition Laboratories
Carnegie Institution
Boston
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald pleads to save linen industry
Ramsay MacDonald fumes at the decline of Scottish linen crafts amid the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust gift, urging enlightened public opinion and collective action to halt the downward course before widespread poverty follows. He condemns the feverish chase of material gains and praises the linen work as a source of delight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Proficiency Medal Presented to 17 Year Old Scholar
The Court Circuit records a proficiency medal awarded to a 17 year old pupil from King Edward School in King's Lynn England.
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King Edward School
King's Lynn
Eng
Family funds exhausted during transport to Ardebil police station
Narrator recalls a group of 15 Jews in a party with two wealthy members paying 2000 roubles each and others about 500. The voyage lasted three days in wagons to Ardebil, where six children aged 3 6 8 9 and others remain in a police station. One child is expected to die. The speaker expresses uncertainty about the rest of the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tira
India
Baku
U S
Russia
Ceylight
Ardebil
Lao Knoe
Cao
Nightingale fined for aggravated assault on wife
In Atherton on December 2 a Kyulara man John Nightingale was convicted of aggravated assault on his wife Margaret Nightingale following a quarrel on December 7. The court heard she suffered a fractured nose and facial injuries requiring hospital care. He was fined £5 with costs and given six months’ good behavior bond.
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Atherton
John Nill
F Hewgeeee Starmer
Mr. Nightingale
Margaret Nightingale
Starmer
Clive Landsell Paine
Nightingale
Kulara
Lake Barrine
Mia
Margaret
Punen
Joh Kerwngale
Queensland Railways
Railway Department
Nightin
Recheot
Stewart's Creek
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Bnt
IRS
IS Ltd
Bach
Disston
Aman
Joth Baker
NAKES
Les
Nes
Laundrena Starca
CLIFFORD LOVE &# CO. LTD
Clarence Street
Sydeny
Faiuh Dal
Hever Reyes
Ireland
Daniel
Abbott Street
BUICK
L. Fitzsimmons
General Motors
Lake Street
Ree
P.O. Box
Y Waang
Bees Sa Sali
Samuel Allen & Sons Ltd
Associaton
Persia
Haven
Julia
Qin
Brain Workers
Rolfe & Son
Southern Lagers
Ford
Cour Som
Cairns Motors Company
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